It was Mary’s birthday．She received（收到）a  1  from her uncle．“Dear Mary,” he  2  in the letter , “Happy Birthday ! I’m sending you some chickens．They will  3  tomorrow． I hope you like them．Uncle Toby．”

Mary was very  4 ．She liked eating eggs and chicken．“ I can  5  the chickens for their eggs or eat them．” she thought．

When the chickens arrived the  6  day , they ere put in a box．Mary was very happy．She  7  the box off the back of the truck and began to carry  8  into her garden , but the box of chickens was  9  heavy that she dropped it．The box fell  10  the ground and  11 ．The chickens all ran out．They ran here and there．Mary spent hours  12  to finds them．

A few days later her uncle came．He asked, “Did the chickens arrive  13  ?” “Yes , but  I dropped the box． It broke open and the chickens ran  14 ．I spent the whole morning looking for them．” Mary said．

“Did you find them all?” asked her uncle．“I hope so ,” Mary answered , “but I only  15  eleven of them．”

“That’s very interesting．I only sent you six ,” her uncle said with a smile．

（   ） 1． A． box                B． present            C． card           D． letter

（   ） 2． A． wrote             B． read               C． told            D． spoke

（   ） 3． A． get               B． arrive              C． come          D． be

（   ） 4． A． unhappy          B． surprised          C． kind           D． pleased

（   ） 5． A． keep              B． grow              C． buy          D． sell

（   ） 6． A． rainy              B． first               C． last          D． next

（   ） 7． A． left                B． passed            C． took          D． opened

（   ） 8． A． it                 B． them               C． that          D． this

（   ） 9． A． very               B． too                 C． such         D． so

（   ） 10． A． into              B． to                  C． off          D． from

（   ） 11． A． turned            B． broke                  C． hurt          D． hit

（   ） 12． A． and try           B． for trying                  C． to try        D． in trying

（   ） 13． A． safely            B． angrily               C． happily       D． noisily

（   ） 14． A． here              B． there                C． everywhere  D．anywhere

（   ） 15． A． bought            B． caught              C． dropped            D． sent

One day, Mr. Smith goes to a dinner party. He is wearing very old clothes. He comes into the room. But people in the room don't look at him. They don't ask him to sit at the table. He isn't happy. But he says nothing.

Mr. Smith goes home quickly and puts on his best clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up and looks at him. They give him good food to eat.

Mr. Smith takes off his coat and puts it on the food and says, "Eat, coat!"

The other people are astonished and ask, "What are you doing? Why do you do that?"

Mr. Smith answers, "I am asking my coat to eat food. When I wear old clothes, you don't look at me. You don't ask me to sit down. Now I am wearing these nice clothes. And you give me good food. Now I see, you give the food to my coat, not to me.”

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51. One day, Mr. Smith goes to_______.

    A. a birthday party    B. a dinner party    C. an English party    D. a movie

52. When he comes into the room, the people don't look at him. Why?

    A. Because the people don't ask him to come.

    B. Because Mr. Smith wears old clothes.

    C. Because Mr. Smith doesn't say hello to them first.

    D. Because it is night, they don't see him.

53. Why does he go home quickly?

    A. Because he doesn't want to stay there.

    B. Because he goes home for his best clothes.

    C. Because the people there ask him to leave.

    D. Because he doesn't like the food there.

54. What's the meaning of "astonished" in Chinese?

    A．高兴的         B．不满的    C．感到奇怪的       D．生气的

55. Which is right according to the article?

    A. A person in good clothes should eat good food.

    B. A good coat should eat good food.

    C. We can't judge a man by his clothes.

    D. Mr. Smith is stupid(愚蠢的)．

Cloze test

　　Early one morning, an old woman was carrying a big bag or cabbages on her shoulder to the market. She hoped to 1 them to the people in town.

　　The mountain road was 2 and the old woman was walking carefully, because she didn't want to have 3 and lose her cabbages.

　　Suddenly she 4 a loud bell, and a bicycle came from behind and passed by her and went very fast 5 the hill. The old woman had to make way for him so 6 that the bag of the cabbages nearly fell into the valley（山谷）.

　　She looked, and saw that a young boy was on the bicycle. He was 7 on without even looking around to see 8 the old woman was all right.

　　The old woman began to shout, “Come back, young man! You dropped something!”

　　When he heard this, the boy stopped the bicycle so suddenly that he nearly 9 . Then he turned and began to 10 the bicycle back. “What is it?” he asked. “What did I drop?”

　　“Little boy,” the old woman answered, “you dropped your manners（礼貌）.”

　　A young man once went to town and bought himself 1 trousers. When he got home, he went to his room and put them 2 . He found that they were about two inches （英寸） long. He went into the kitchen （厨房）, and his mother and two sisters were doing some washing there. He said to them, “The new trousers are too 3 . They need cutting by two inches. Would one of you mind 4 this for me?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said 5 .

完形填空

　　Mr. Smith enjoyed 1 in a restaurant（饭店）. After meal, when he was leaving, he couldn't 2 his bag. He had put it 3 the chair. But now 4 was on the chair. He looked 5 . Just then, a waiter came 6 and asked, “Did you have a good meal?” “Yes, thank you.”He 7 , “But I can't pay the bill, my bag is gone.”The waiter smiled and went out. A few minutes 8 , he came back 9 a bag and gave it back to Smith. He said,“I'm sorry. My dog has taken it 10 the garden He often does this.”

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